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In-Memory Database Heightens Linux-based Telco Billing/Credit System's Speed,
Reliability
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| The database enhances service by enabling customers to access account
| features and balances instantly--and builds fault-tolerance into Lifetree's
| operating support system/business support system (OSS/BSS) through its high
| availability sub-system.
|
| [...]
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| For the J@nus rating and credit control platform, Lifetree deploys the 64-bit
| version of McObject's database on 64-bit CentOS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
| x64 architecture. The in-memory cache based on eXtremeDB-HA is expected to
| surpass 16 GB in size, Naim Kazi said.
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http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/10603.html
The Big Board Goes Linux
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| The largest stock exchange on Earth is a Linux shop.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3747076/The+Big+Board+Goes+Linux.htm
"It just tells you how desperate Microsoft is for a competitor that they’re
holding up a software box produced by 100 guys in the hills of North Carolina.
Who are they trying to kid?"
--Robert Young, CEO of Red Hat
Days ago:
Report: Red Hat, SAS among top tech companies
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| Red Hat and SAS are two of the 30 most influential technology companies in
| the world, according to a report released Tuesday by the Aberdeen Group.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/05/12/daily14.html
Related:
Vendor Value: CIOs Rate the Leading Tech Providers
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| This year's No. 1 vendor: open source software vendor Red Hat, which earned a
| remarkable 97 percent loyalty rating.
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http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0%2c1540%2c2217095%2c00.asp
[Hill Air Force Base Making] Order out of chaos
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| Hill is using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5, which has received Common
| Operating Environment certification from the Defense Information Systems
| Agency, meeting DISA requirements for interoperability, performance and
| standards. It also received certification through the Common Criteria
| Evaluation and Validation Scheme, a cooperative effort of the United States,
| Canada and Europe that’s spearheaded by the National Institute of Standards
| and Technology. CCEVS is “sort of a Good Housekeeping Seal of approval” that
| a product is secure, Smith said.
|
| Microsoft Windows just doesn’t have a good reputation when it has to scale to
| an enterprise application that requires high levels of security, Smith said.
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http://www.gcn.com/print/26_16/44607-1.html
Red Hat Named #1 IT Vendor To Do Business With By Customers In Japan
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| Conducted in April 2007, Nikkei Market Access' research surveyed nearly 800
| IT workers from major companies involved in info-com products throughout
| Japan regarding their views of service vendors and system integrators.
| Employees working in corporate information systems sections who maintain
| contact with the nominated vendors throughout the course of their duties were
| asked to respond regarding the products and services of the involved
| companies. The survey evaluated 44 nominated vendors chosen by respondents.
| The top three respective vendors include Red Hat Japan with 27.5 percent of
| responses, Apple Japan with 25.6 percent and Willcom with 23.0 percent.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070813/20070813005033.html?.v=1
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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